My English born and raised wife doesn't have bad teeth, but they're not great either. She blamed the NHS which she said simply didn't do a very good job of providing adequate dental care in the years past. Most of the Brits with bad teeth are probably of the older sort who grew up in the two decades after WWII when resources were limited. Remember Britain didn't go off rationing until some years after the war. And they elected a number of socialist governments which didn't help much.
“My English born and raised wife doesn’t have bad teeth, but they’re not great either. She blamed the NHS which she said simply didn’t do a very good job of providing adequate dental care in the years past. Most of the Brits with bad teeth are probably of the older sort who grew up in the two decades after WWII when resources were limited. Remember Britain didn’t go off rationing until some years after the war. And they elected a number of socialist governments which didn’t help much.”
I was talking to a young socialist who was promoting socialized medicine. I said sure, look at how good a job on dental care in England.
She said: “Everyone knows that the English dental problems are because of genetics!”
The UK didn’t go off rationing until 1951 or so. The war, loss of their empire and the enormous debt they owed to the US were part of the reason this went on as long as it did.
It was a bit hack and slash in the early days for certain, and there is a shortage of dentists in the UK (some parts of it anyway) and I agree we are a bunch of chocolate junkies, but I dont have any problems - I get very good dental treatment (not NHS).